Guide to School DisciplineA presentation for new teachers, veteran teachers, and educational leaders.

Introductionteachers with a number of research driven strategies and practical ideas to institute classroom environments conducive to learning, educational leaders a framework to build successful, cohesive organizations.

This tutorial will provide:

Various StrategiesReality Therapy (RT) Positive Approach to Discipline (PAD) Teacher Effectiveness Training (TET) Transactional Analysis (TA) Assertive Discipline (AD) Adlerian Approaches Student Team Learning (STL)

Reality TherapyForm Connections Between Behavior and Consequences

Elements: Class Meetings, Clearly Communicated Rules, & Use of Contracts.

Positive Approach to DisciplineTreat with RespectGrant ResponsibilitiesElements: Developing and Sharing Clear Rules, Providing Daily Opportunities for Success, and Administering In-School Suspensions.

Teacher Effectiveness TrainingDifferentiate Between Student and Teacher Problems

Elements: Teaching Students Problem-Solving & Negotiation Skills.

Transactional AnalysisIdentify Issues & Make Changes

Elements: Reaching Students By Counseling to the Child, Adult, and Parent Components of Their Psyche.

Assertive DisciplineDefine Rules & Clear Expectations

Elements: Enforcing Penalty System With Increasingly Serious Sanctions.

Adlerian ApproachesUnderstanding Students Reasons for BehaviorHelping Students Change Behavior & Meet Their Needs

Elements: Using a Variety of Methods.

Student Team LearningFocus on Group Learning

Elements: Creating Cooperative Learning Environment & Using Team Learning Instruction.

Learning the StrategiesAwareness of Discipline StrategiesMastery of StylesPersonal Teaching StylesPopulation, Learning Environment, & Time

Laying a FoundationUse Short, Clear, & Reasonable Set of RulesFocus on Positive EventsBe a Role-ModelMaintain Involvement Bell-to-BellManage Conflicts CalmlyHandle All Discipline Problems

Preventive Practices1) Staff committed to exercising intolerance of conditions that inhibit learning.2) High expectations for appropriate student behavior.3) Clearly state rules that are developed from all participants within a school, including staff, students, and administrators.

Preventive Practices4) Create a warm environment where educators take an active interest in the personal goals, achievements and problems of students.5) School leaders are visible, accessible, and supportive.6) Teachers are expected to handle routine discipline problems. Help from the principal is provided in the form of staff development and assistance for critical situations.7) Form partnerships with the community.

Advanced StrategyThree Key Areas to the Strategy

1) Cultivating Students2) Documentation3) Prosocial Skills

Advanced StrategyDesire to Help Students GrowUnderstanding that Students are in DevelopmentLots of PatienceTime

Cultivating Students

Advanced StrategyIndividualized DiscussionsGet Students to Understand a Problem ExistsHave Students Brainstorm SolutionsMove to Student-Teacher Agreed Solutions

Documentation

Advanced StrategyMetacognitionLifelong Framework for Handling ConflictProblem IdentificationProblem-Solving Skills

Prosocial Skills Training

ConclusionImprovement is a Community EventConsistency is CrucialAlternatives to Standard EducationRigorous Standards

AFT Guidelines

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